Library catalogue

You can use the main catalogue to search through all of our hard copy resources, including books, print journals, CDs, DVDs and CD-ROMs. The catalogue also contains our e-books and some online journal titles. If you are searching specifically for an online journal please go to the online resources page for help and advice.

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Using the library catalogue to search for books

You can search by author, title or keyword from the main library catalogue page, entering them individually or in combination.

If your author searches are unsuccessful you may wish to try entering only the author’s surname.

If your title searches are unsuccessful, try entering the main portion of the title only, omitting any subtitles. You may also wish to try removing any punctuation from your entry and search just for the words in the title.

You are also able to search for particular editions of a title by entering the book’s ISBN into the search bar.

If you wish to browse for books on a particular subject, you can enter the classification number into the search bar.

The catalogue will search for an exact match, so be careful of any pluralised words, Americanised spelling, hyphenated words and punctuation.

The catalogue also has an advanced search option, in which you may refine your results by specifying the language, format and location of search items. You can also broaden your search here by filling in the 'at least one of the words' search field, or exclude certain results by using the 'none of these words' search field.

If we do not hold the book that you require, we can attempt to source it elsewhere on your behalf through our inter-library loans service. Please go to interlibrary loans page for more information about this service.

Using the library catalogue to search for Journals

The library catalogue will allow you to search for journals by entering the journal title into the search bar.

The catalogue will search for an exact match, so be careful of any pluralised words, Americanised spelling, hyphenated words and punctuation.

You can also search by entering the title’s ISSN. Be sure to enter the dash in this 8-digit number.

The catalogue record will detail our holdings of the journal (i.e. which year(s) we hold issues for).

The catalogue will not search for specific articles. Please refer to the original citation for details of the article’s source and search for the journal title. If you need further help locating a specific article, please contact libenquiries@winchester.ac.uk

If we do not hold the journal that you require, we can attempt to source it elsewhere on your behalf through our inter-library loans service. Please go to interlibrary loans page for more information about this service.

Using the library catalogue to search for Journal Articles

You can use the library catalogue to search a selection of the databases for journal articles. Select 'Journal Articles' on the drop down menu to the right of the search box (where it says 'Local Catalogue') and do a key word search. Click on the title in the Results list and it will bring up the abstract and journal's details, and an option to 'View Online' if available in full text through one of the databases included.